After practicing Qi for a hundred years, I became an NPC?

Chapter 18
When Xiao Hong returned to the village with his junior sister, it was already midnight, but the whole village was still brightly lit, as if something important had happened.

Xiao Hong knew in his heart that the village chief must have a connection with the secret realm, and at this moment, he probably knew that someone had passed through the secret realm, so the whole village rioted.

He sneaked into his room with Su Xi calmly, rubbed his eyes again, pretended to just wake up, walked out in a daze, and casually pulled a villager and asked:
"Did something happen?"

The faces of the villagers were ugly, as if their wives had run away with someone. They didn't want to answer at first, but when they saw that the person asking was Xiao Hong, they managed to soften their tone:
"We're going to catch a thief."

Xiao Hong immediately became interested:

"Catching thieves is good. I like catching thieves the most. Can I join you?"

The villagers didn't want to agree at first, but because the other party was Xiao Hong, who had helped them many times, they hesitated and agreed.

Xiao Hong didn't go back to call his junior sister, he just followed the villagers' army and left.

And this road is quite familiar, because he just walked it.

They came all the way to the depths of the back mountain, only then did Xiao Hong realize that there were already many people guarding the cave, and the blind village chief was at the front.

This should have come immediately after getting the news that the secret realm had been passed, but they were mortals after all, and their speed was not fast enough, and Xiao Hong's movements were quick, so they staggered.

But Nalan Qingyue and Li Hao should not be so lucky, because they were injured and couldn't get up to speed.

Looking at the current posture, it is very likely that they were blocked in the cave.

What a coincidence.

Xiao Hong followed the villagers to the side of the village chief, noticed that many eyes were staring at him, and showed a surprised expression just right.

"Little friend, you are here."

Hearing the movement, the village chief sighed.

"The hospitality is not complete, I hope to forgive me."

"You are too polite, village chief."

Xiao Hong smiled slightly, his voice was like the breeze and the moon, and he was humble and polite, giving people a very gentle feeling.

The village chief couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if all cultivators were like you, little friend."

"Yeah, if everyone was like Xiaoyou, how wonderful would this world be?"

"Really, how can someone be so greedy and covet other people's things all day long, but Xiao Xiao is friendly, warm-hearted and kind, a role model for us."

The villagers agreed with each other, Xiao Hong showed a shy smile, and said humbly: "No, these are what I should do."

Seeing him like this, everyone's favorability immediately rose sharply.

Just as the atmosphere gradually changed from tense to friendly and peaceful, there were small sounds from the cave.

All the villagers fell silent immediately, staring at the entrance of the cave with burning eyes.

The footsteps became louder and louder, and when the atmosphere was extremely cold, a man and a woman came out of the cave in a mess.

Their condition looked quite bad, Li Hao was covered in blood, his face was like gold paper, as if he was about to fall down at any moment.

Nalan Qingyue didn't look much better either. The little fairy, who used to be cold in the past, was now disheveled and frosty, exuding a low air pressure that would freeze to death.

Looking at the two of them like this, it doesn't look like they just stole the treasure, but they were stabbed in the back.

The villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to speak for a while.

The village chief who couldn't see their images was not affected, and he finally spoke first.

"Two fellow daoists, are you not being kind?"

Li Hao and Nalan Qingyue are getting irritable right now. They worked hard all night to fight monsters, but they ended up making wedding dresses for others.

Now that he came out with injuries all over his body, and was blocked by people, let alone the depressed feeling of aggrieved.

Li Hao was too weak to speak, no matter how annoying Nalan Qingyue was, she could only speak patiently:
"Why are you so unkind?"

Her voice was not as cold as before, and there seemed to be a hint of anger in her voice.

But the village chief didn't feel it, and just continued to say:

"I took you into the village. You first kidnapped me, then took away the tiles I gifted to others, and now you even took away our treasures. Isn't that kind?"

Just listening to this description, it is indeed quite unkind, it is simply a replica of the farmer and the snake.

But Nalan Qingyue's veins were throbbing, her beautiful eyes were full of anger, she gritted her teeth and said:

"You idiots, how many times do I have to tell you! I didn't do these things! I didn't kidnap you, I didn't snatch the tiles on purpose, and I didn't even take the treasure!"

"You are all deceived, and there is someone hiding in the village, he is the culprit of everything! We are also victims!"

When she was in the sect, she was a little fairy who didn't eat fireworks in the world. It was the first time in so many years that she was so angry, and it was also the first time that she uttered so many words.

She was really driven into a hurry, and she didn't know why. Ever since she entered the village, everything seemed to be against her.

It's something they didn't do, but everyone thought they did it, and they said they found evidence...

The point is that they don't even know this evidence, they are just working normally, how could it become someone else's evidence?
They were also very wronged about the tile grabbing. They just wanted to kill someone, but the tiles were brought back by the way. How can it be said that they grabbed it on purpose?

They did come to the secret realm on their own initiative, but they didn't take the treasure!
Nalan Qingyue was about to die unjustly, but she was caught straight, so it was hard to argue.

She tried to explain: "There is another guy hiding in the village. We have all been deceived. He is the one who kidnapped you and took away the treasure!"

She tried to be honest and sincere, but no one believed her.

"You think you can convince us by mentioning an unfounded person? Don't we know if there are other people in the village?"

The village chief's tone became cold: "This little friend, please stay on the front line, so we can meet again in the future."

"It's not yours, please hand it over."

"I let you search, okay?"

Nalan Qingyue was so angry that she didn't take these villagers seriously, but she didn't want to take the blame anymore, so she retreated.

"You are guarding here and saw us coming out of the cave with your own eyes. I will let you search now to see if you can find your things. If not, it will always prove that what I said is true, right?"

What she said was so frank that even the villagers hesitated now.

Could it be that they were mistaken?
Just when they were hesitating, Xiao Hong stood up with a worried face.

"That's right, I've always felt that there was a misunderstanding among you all. Although these two fellow Taoists were blocked by us at the entrance of the secret realm, and no one else came out except them, maybe there was a misunderstanding?"

Nalan Qingyue: "?"

The villagers were in a trance: "Yes, we are here, only they come out, who else can there be besides them?"

Xiao Hong quickly shook his head: "That's wrong. What if they just happened to pass by? Then they happened to be injured, I believe they are definitely not that kind of bad people!"

"Although immortal cultivators can store things in different dimensions, and there are many strange storage methods, I still believe in them!"

Nalan Qingyue: "???"

The villagers suddenly realized: "It turns out that the immortal cultivators still have such methods, no wonder they dare to let us search our body, so they have nothing to fear!"

Nalan Qingyue: "..."

(End of this chapter)